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Isiphrofethi NgeThire
1 Isiqalekiso esimayelana leThire:
Khalani lina mikhumbi yaseThashishi!
Ngoba iThire selichithiwe
lasala lingaselandlu
kumbe indawo yokungenisa imikhumbi.
Ilizwi selifikile kibo
livela elizweni laseKhithimi.
2 Thulani lina bantu basesihlengeni
lani bathengi baseSidoni,
asebanothiswa ngabahambi bolwandle.
3 Amabele aseShihori
eza ephezu kwamanzi,
isivuno saseNayili sasiyinzuzo yeThire,
njalo yaba yindawo yezizwe yokuthengiselana.
4 Woba lenhloni wena Sidoni, lawe wena nqaba yasolwandle
ngoba ulwandle selukhulumile lwathi:
kangizange ngihelelwe kumbe ngizale;
“Kangizange ngondle amadodana kumbe ngikhulise amadodakazi.”
5 Lapho ilizwi lifika eGibhithe
bazakuba lusizi ngombiko ovela eThire.
6 Khuphukelani ngaseThashishi;
khalani lina bantu basesihlengeni.
7 Leli yilo na idolobho lenu lentokozo,
idolobho elidaladala,
elinyawo zalo zalithatha
ukuyalihlalisa emazweni akude?
8 Ngubani ocebe lokhu ngeThire,
umethesi wemiqhele,
abathengisi bayo bangamakhosana,
abathengisi bayo badumile emhlabeni?
9 UThixo uSomandla wakuceba lokhu,
ukwehlisa ukuzigqaja kwenkazimulo yonke
lokuthobisa bonke abalodumo emhlabeni.
10 Lima insimu yakho malungana leNayili
wena Ndodakazi yaseThashishi
ngoba kawuselayo indawo yokungenisa imikhumbi.
11 UThixo useselulele isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle
wenza imibuso yalo yanyikinyeka.
Usekhuphe umlayo ngeKhenani
ukuba izinqaba zayo zidilizwe.
12 Wathi, “Akusekho ukuthokoza kwakho
wena Ndodakazi Egcweleyo yaseSidoni esichoboziwe!
Vuka ukhuphukele ngaseKhithimi;
lakhona awuyikuthola ukuphumula.”
13 Khangela elizweni lamaKhaladiya,
abantu laba khathesi abangaselutho!
Abase-Asiriya sebelenze
laba yindawo yezidalwa zeganga;
bakhe imiphotshongo yabo yokuzivikela,
bazibhidlizile izinqaba zalo
balenza laba lunxiwa.
14 Khalani lina mikhumbi yaseThashishi,
inqaba yenu idiliziwe!
15 Ngalesosikhathi iThire izakhohlakala okweminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, ibanga lokuphila kwenkosi. Kodwa ekupheleni kwaleyominyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, eThire kuzakwenzakala okunjengokutshiwo yingoma yewule ukuthi:
16 “Thatha ichacho, uhambahambe phakathi kwedolobho
wena wule elikhohlakeleyo.
Litshaye kuhle ichacho, uhlabele izingoma ezinengi,
ukuze ukhunjulwe.”
17 Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa uThixo uzakhumbula iThire. IThire lizabuyela ekuthengiseni kwalo njengesifebe, njalo lizabuyela emsebenzini walo wokuthengiselana lemibuso yonke esemhlabeni. 18 Inzuzo lemiholo yalo kuzakwahlukaniselwa uThixo; kakuyikulondolozwa loba kubuthelelwe. Inzuzo yalo izakuya kulabo abahlala loThixo ukuba babe lokudla okunengi lezigqoko ezinhle.